A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

Synopsis

Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various tasks amidst the tumult of the end of the shogunate—but always by making sure to get a “commission” for his troubles.

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Key crew

• Yūzō KawashimaDirector
• Toshirō MayuzumiOriginal Music Composer
• Hisashi YamanouchiScreenplay
• Yūzō KawashimaScreenplay
• Shōhei ImamuraScreenplay

Cast

• Frankie SakaiInokori Saheiji
• Sachiko HidariOsome
• Yōko MinamidaKoharu
• Yūjirō IshiharaShinsaku Takasugi
• Izumi AshikawaOhisa
• Toshiyuki IchimuraMokubei
• Nobuo KanekoDenbei
• Hisano YamaokaOtatsu
• Yasukiyo UmenoTokusaburo
• Masao OdaZenpachi
• Masumi OkadaKisuke
• Toshio TakaharaKaneji

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